Packing-basket



Patented Dec.21,1897.

A. ABRAHAM.

PACKING BASKET.

ABRAHAM ABRAHAM, OF

PACKING- ATENT OFFICE.

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,685, dated December 21, 189'?.

Application led March 15, l 8 9 7.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM ABRAHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing atBrookf lyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Packing- Baskets, of which the following is a specication.

-Heretofore serious obj ection has been found to packing-baskets employed particularly for the packing of Crockery and like articles which require hay, eXcelsior, or like material between the articles packed in that when the same was unpacked at the house of the purchaser the apartment was apt to be littered, and upon returning to the seller or vender, where the baskets would frequently be left on the street owing to the inability to handle them quickly, the wind would scatter the hay, &c., much to the displeasure and inconvenience of passers by and to the dirtiness of the street.

The object of'my invention is to provide a basket which will avoid these objections, and I accomplish my object by providing a fabric covering secured adjacent to the rim of the basket proper in any convenient or suitable Way, which fabric is of more than sufficient dimensions to cover the opening of the basket, and is itself provided with an opening, into which is let eyes and a draw-cord, whereby the opening of the fabric may be drawn tightly together, thereby inclosing the entire contents of the basket. I also provide openings in the fabric or covering when it is secured to the outside of the basket, so that the handles of the basket may project through and be readily reached for the purposes of carrying the same.

In the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specication, the single figure shows a perspective view of the basket and its attached cover closed, with the approximate position of the cover when open shown in ydotted lines.

A in the drawing is the basket, provided with handles B B.

of a-binding-wire D, the ends of which are 'serial No. 627,483. (No man.)

twisted together, as shown at x, so as to bind the cover tightly to the basket.` Holes E E are provided, through which the handles project, and, as shown, a central opening is formed in the cover, which is providedalong its margin with eyelets F and a running or draw string G.

Preferably the dimensions of the cover from the point of binding at the rim of the basket to the central opening should be such that the edges of the opening will overlap when the basket is lled only to the rim, and hence will permit the basket to be filled above the rim, the surplus of material permitting this.

It will be seen now that in unpacking the basket the packer may hold the cover, which is preferably of burlap, in such a way as to confine the hay, excelsior, &c., within the basket owing to the height ofthe cover when its opening is distended. Hence the packing material will not litter the apartment. After the unpacking has been completed, the packing material remaining in the basket if the packer has been a careful man, the cover will be 'drawn together over the packing, and the possibility of its being scattered by the wind or otherwise will be avoided. I have found in practice that this character of basketis a of the basket, a binding-wire for retaining said cover in place and a running cord passing through eyelets in the unattached edge of said strip, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 6th day of March, 1897.

ABRAHAM ABRAHAM. 

